[Info-vax] How to Avoid Old Software, Old Bugs?

[Dave Froble]

On 11/16/2019 7:48 AM, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <qqof8o$11r0$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply)) writes:
>> In article <qqmb26$mc5$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
>> <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>>
>>> The only thing on that list that is valid is clustering.
>>
>> Maybe for you; different strokes for different folks!
>>
>>> VMS Mail is completely useless when it comes to the modern day environment.
>>
>> Not for me; different....
>>
>>> I use the EDT keypad in Emacs and EVE and have not used a LK keyboard
>>> for 15 years.
>>
>> Do you have all the keys?  Probably not.  Yes, people blind in one eye
>> can still read, but it's not something I would opt for voluntarily.
>
> My wife reads fine but her depth perception is not great.
>
>
>
>>> EDT is hopelessly limited compared to what else is out there and some
>>> of those other editor options include support for the EDT keypad.
>>
>> The EDT keypad is nice, but there is more to EDT.  How many custom
>> macros do you have?
>
> I have many but I haven't counted them.
>
>

I do not like custom macros for EDT and I'll tell you why.

If one travels and works on many customer systems, you can be 
handicapped by not having the customizations you're used to, and, the 
customizations on the target system can be even worse.

Say you need to modify a program, and something you're not used to makes 
an unnoticed change, which isn't immediately apparent.  Talk about 
introducing bugs ....

I'll go so far as to say that if you change it, it's no longer EDT. 
Even it's no longer VMS.

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